What is the best way for me to transfer files between two PC's? I have a laptop with Ubuntu Desktop (12.04) and a local server I'm setting up using Ubuntu Server. I'm used to windows environment where I might typically browse the network via Windows explorer and move files around. This might work for Ubuntu desktop, but what's the best way for Ubuntu server?

Do I need to create a user on the server, then SSH into the server from the laptop? Can I then use a move command to move my files back and forth? What do I need to look into?

if any of these answers "answered" your question please accept one of them :)
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blade19899Jul 11 '12 at 16:05

@blade19899 - To be honest, in the end I didn't end up using any of these solutions, think I used SCP or something - I forget. Marking your answer as correct since it's the closest thing to what I was actually after. :-)
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AnonymousJul 11 '12 at 18:25

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Giver Makes Transfer of Files Easier On A Linux Network By farshad on
Feb 14 2011

Giver is a simple file sharing desktop application for Ubuntu Linux
users. It automatically detects other users running Giver on a network
and allows sending files and folders to them via simple drag and drop.
There is no need to learn about complex network file sharing
procedures. Anyone on the network can send files by dragging and
dropping a file or folder next to the icon and name of a computer user
visible on the main interface.

After Giver is installed, it shows you other computers on the network
that have it installed as well, along with their computer name, IP and
picture (provided the user has set one using Gravatar).

The first issue with Giver is a missing .so file that prevents it from working. This can be fixed by installing libx11-dev (11.10/11.04/12.04)

sudo apt-get install libx11-dev

For Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 besides the above issue, there's another issue that prevents Giver from working (it occurs for all applications that still use Mono runtime 2.0 instead of To fix this, run the command below:

Probably easier than that. If in the same local network, just right click on the folder you want to share and click sharing options. Then you get a menu which is self explanatory. That should work out of the box between two ubuntu machines.